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Strict algebraic models for rational parametrised spectra II

Algebraic Topology 2020-11-13 v1

Abstract

In this article, we extend Sullivan's PL de Rham theory to obtain simple algebraic models for the rational homotopy theory of parametrised spectra. This simplifies and complements the results of arXiv:1910.14608, which are based on Quillen's rational homotopy theory. According to Sullivan, the rational homotopy type of a nilpotent space XX with finite Betti numbers is completely determined by a commutative differential graded algebra AA modelling the cup product on rational cohomology. In this article we extend this correspondence between topology and algebra to parametrised stable homotopy theory: for a space XX corresponding to the cdga AA, we prove an equivalence between specific rational homotopy categories for parametrised spectra over XX and for differential graded AA-modules. While not full, the rational homotopy categories we consider contain a large class of parametrised spectra. The simplicity of the approach that we develop enables direct calculations in parametrised stable homotopy theory using differential graded modules. To illustrate the usefulness of our approach, we build a comprehensive dictionary of algebraic translations of topological constructions; providing algebraic models for base change functors, fibrewise stabilisations, parametrised Postnikov sections, fibrewise smash products, and complexes of fibrewise stable maps.

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@article{arxiv.2011.06307,
  title  = {Strict algebraic models for rational parametrised spectra II},
  author = {Vincent Braunack-Mayer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.06307},
  year   = {2020}
}

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